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Mike McCarthy cant wait for Sunday. Cant blame him.The thought of clinching the NFC North at Lambeau Field certainly is an enticing one. McCarthys Packers can do so with a victory over the Lions, whose recent history in Green Bay is, well, dismal.Detroit has not won there since 1991. And the Pack is 7-0 at Lambeau this season.Both teams are 11-4 and the winner still could get home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs if Seattle falls to St. Louis. The focus is not on anywhere but the Green Bay tundra for McCarthy and his players.I think its great that Detroit and our records are the same and were playing for the title, the Packers coach says. Yeah, I think this is exactly how youd want it. I know its how Id prefer it.Especially at home, where the Packers (No. 3, AP Pro32) are 7 1-2 point favourites over the Lions (No. 6, AP Pro32).Spread should be higher.PACKERS, 31-20No. 23 Cleveland (plus 9) at No. 12 (tie) BaltimoreRavens put themselves in desperate spot with recent losses.BEST BET: RAVENS, 26-10No. 18 (tie) Carolina (plus 3 1-2) at No. 20 AtlantaPanthers sneak off with second straight division crown — at 7-8-1.UPSET SPECIAL: PANTHERS, 20-19No. 9 Cincinnati (plus 3) at No. 7 PittsburghBoth are headed to playoffs. Steelers get AFC North title.STEELERS, 27-23No. 11 San Diego (plus 2 1-2) at No. 14 Kansas CityChargers can claim final AFC wild-card slot, just as they did in 2013.CHARGERS, 21-20No. 22 St. Louis (plus 13) at No. 1 SeattleHome-field advantage to the Seahawks. NFC Beware!SEAHAWKS, 23-13No. 8 Arizona (plus 5 1-2) at No. 18 (tie) San FranciscoHarbaugh and Niners must envy what Cardinals have done. But Arizona is so banged-up ...49ERS, 17-13No. 28 Oakland (plus 14) at No. 5 DenverTheres something rotten in Denver, but not rotten enough to lose this one.BRONCOS, 27-17No. 16 Buffalo (plus 3 1-2) at No. 2 New EnglandPatriots have nothing to play for, but Belichick wont let up.PATRIOTS, 23-16No. 4 Dallas (minus 6 1-2) at No. 26 WashingtonRedskins won at Dallas this year. But Cowboys dont lose on road.COWBOYS, 33-23No. 10 Indianapolis (minus 7) at No. 32 TennesseeColts need a wake-up call heading into playoffs. Should get it here.COLTS, 30-9No. 25 New Orleans (minus 3 1-2) at No. 31 Tampa BayThe two losing NFC South teams without a chance for the playoffs.SAINTS, 27-10No. 30 Jacksonville (plus 10) at No. 15 HoustonTexans have outside shot at advancing.TEXANS, 23-16No. 29 New York Jets (plus 5 1-2) at No. 17 MiamiNo Rex Redux likely, even if Jets repeat upset of Miami from last December.DOLPHINS, 22-20No. 12 (tie) Philadelphia (plus 2 1-2) at No. 21 New York GiantsEagles have nothing to gain here, Giants can close with flourish.GIANTS, 26-24No. 27 Chicago (plus 6 1-2) at No. 24 MinnesotaEnd of the Cutler-Trestman-Emery era? If so, it ends ignominiously.VIKINGS, 21-16___2014 RECORD: Against spread: This week (9-6); Season (117-112-5). Straight up: This week (10-6); Season (158-81-1)Best Bet: 6-10 against spread, 10-6 straight up.Upset special: 8-8 against spread, 6-10 straight up.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Jon Bostic Jersey . - The width of Alec Martinezs shin guard was the difference between the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks in their playoff series opener. James Washington Jersey . Cabrera is hitting .218 with three homers and 16 RBI in 80 games this season. The Padres recalled second baseman Brooks Conrad from Triple-A El Paso to replace Cabrera on the roster. http://www.steelerspronfl.com/Youth-Chukwuma-Okorafor-Elite-Jersey/ . Freddie Roach said if the Rios fight "does not go well, we will seriously talk about his retirement," but that Pacquiao was training as well as ever for the Nov. Sean Davis Jersey . -- Wide receiver Sidney Rice should be fully recovered from a torn knee ligament by the time the Seattle Seahawks start defence of their Super Bowl title, general manager John Schneider said Wednesday. Jon Bostic Steelers Jersey . -- So much for concern that running back Marshawn Lynch would be absent from the Seattle Seahawks minicamp.TORONTO -- Mark Buehrle did his thing on Saturday, allowing only one run in seven innings as he tried for a major-league leading 11th win. Unfortunately for Buehrle, Shelby Miller did even better. The Cardinals starter pitched his first shutout of the season, and the second of his career, as St. Louis snapped the Toronto Blue Jays six-game winning streak with a 5-0 victory. "He was tremendous," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of Miller. "But theyve got a good pitching staff over there, as good as anybodys in baseball, top to bottom. He was on his game. We hit a couple of balls we thought had a chance but they flagged them down." Buehrle (10-2) wasnt at his best Saturday, but the left-hander pitched around five hits and five walks with his usual understated velocity that would not endanger fine china on impact. The only run he allowed in the game was Randal Grichuks first major-league homer on a first-pitch change-up in the fifth inning. It was enough to snap Buehrles streak of six consecutive winning decisions and give him his first loss since April 25 against the Boston Red Sox. "Buehrle was great," Gibbons said. "His command was off a little bit but he gutted it out for seven innings. He did what he does, he keeps you off the scoreboard but the story of the game was Miller. Hes got that sneaky fastball. He threw a lot of fastballs located it up, threw it in and out. He carved us up pretty good." Miller (7-5) held the Blue Jays to three hits and one walk while striking out five to snap a string of three losses in a row. "The biggest thing was getting ahead in the counts and mixing it up," Miller said. "Warming up in the bullpen I didnt feel good at all. Its crazy how the game works. Im a little speechless still. It was a lot of fun doing that." The Cardinals, who had lost their two previous games, scored four runs against Toronto relievers Aaron Loup and Steve Delabar in the eighth as they evened the three-game series against the Blue Jays with the rubber match on Sunday. Grichuk picked up his second RBI of the game when Delabar walked him with the bases loaded. While Miller was retiring his first 13 batters, the Cardinals (32-31) were threatening Buehrle. They loaded the bases with two out in the fourth on a one-out double by Jhonny Peralta, a walk to Oscar Taveras and a two-out infield that bounced off Buehrle. But Buehrle worked out of the jam when Tony Cruzs bouncer to third resulted in a force play at second. The Cardinals did score with one out in the fifth when Grichuk took homered to centre field. "It was changeup away, it was on the outside of plate, it may have been up a tad," Buehrle said. "I knew he hit it pretty good but I thought when hhe hit it that it was more of a pop fly so it kind of surprised me.dddddddddddd It seems like we hit a few balls today that I thought were going to go out of there and they caught them at the warning track. He obviously hit it a little bit better than I thought he did at first." "He hammered that ball," Matheny said. "Thats the kind of power that excites you about him. Not many guys have that kind of juice to the centre of the field. The ball just absolutely jumps off his bat no matter what he does." The Blue Jays (38-25) did not have a runner on base until Adam Lind walked with one out in the fifth. Lind took second on a high chop by Brett Lawrie that first baseman Allen Craig snared adeptly before throwing to Miller covering first for the first out on a close play. Juan Francisco made the final out with a towering fly out to the wall in centre field. "The way we have been swinging the bats, for him to go out there and shut us out like that, its one of those things, tip your hat to that guy," said Buehrle, who threw a season-high 118 pitches. "He had it going today and kept us off the board." Jose Reyes lined a single to right with two out in the sixth for the Blue Jays first hit of the game and their second base runner. Melky Cabrera followed with a double that deflected off Craigs glove to put runners at second and third. But Jose Bautista struck out on a 97-mile-an hour fastball. Bautista, who hit a fly out to the centre-field warning track in the first, was 0-for-4 to snap a 12-game hitting streak. "He turned it up, no question," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said of Millers sixth-inning strikeout of Bautista. "Thats a huge part of the game right there, obviously, with one of the best hitters youre going to see." Left-hander Loup replaced Buehrle in the eighth and he was charged with four runs to snap his string of 15 1/3 scoreless innings. He walked Mark Ellis with the bases loaded to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead and allowed a two-run single by Cruz for a 4-0 lead before right-hander Delabar took over and walked his first two batters to force in another run. The rally started with Craigs one-out double to right that was followed by an intentional walk to Peralta and a single by Taveras that filled the bases. NOTES: Attendance was announced as 42,981. ...The Blue Jays have been alone in first in the AL East for 16 consecutive days, the longest since 1993 when they were first from June 24 until the end of the season. They won the World Series that year. a The interleague series ends Sunday with the Cardinals starting left-hander Jaime Garcia (1-0, 5.47 earned-run average) facing Blue Jays right-hander Drew Hutchison (4-3, 3.50 ERA). 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